School Board
- Welcome
- District Calendar
- Contact Us
- Board Agendas
- Board Synopsis
- Board Policies
- 000 - Local Board Policies
- 100 - Programs
- 200 - Pupils
- 300 - Employees
- 1000 - School Board Policies
- 1011 Oath of Office Of Board Members
- 1012 Board Meetings
- 1013 Community Participation in Board Meetings
- 1014 - Student Representation on the Board of Education
- 1015 Attendance of Board Members at Conferences
- 1016 School Board Accidental Death & Medical Insurance
- 1017 Retirement or Resignation of Board Members
- 1018 - School Solicitor
- 1019 - STEA Representation at Regular School Board Meetings
- 2000 - Administration
- 3000 - Business Management
- 3110 - Financial Transactions
- 3111 - Purchases & Purchases Subject to Bid
- 3112 - Surplus Equipment and Supplies
- 3114 - Student Activities, Funds and Accounts
- 3115 Monies in School Buildings
- 3116 - Procurement Cards
- 3210 - Business Office Annual Data
- 3211 - Residency Requirements for HACC Tuition Payment
- 3311 - Pupil Transportation - Inclement Weather
- 3311.1 - Pupil Transportation
- 3312 - Snow and Ice Emergencies For Buildings and Grounds
- 3410 - Determining Eligibility for Free or Reduced Lunches
- 3411 - Checks Returned to Food Services for Insufficient Funds
- 3510 - School District Procedure for Injuries Occurring on School Property
- 3511 - Reporting Theft or Loss of Equipment
- 3516 - Investment of District Funds
- 3517 - Tax Levy
- 3518 - Tax Collection of Personal School Taxes/Tax Collector Responsibilites
- 3519 - Local Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- 3610 - Assignment of Equipment to Staff Members
- 3828 - Fraud
- 4000 - Instruction
- General Policies Related to Instruction
- 4010 - Grouping for Instruction
- 4011 - Student Reimbursement for Cost of Class Projects
- 4012 - Class Size Limitation
- 4013 - Homework
- 4014 - Selection of Instructional Materials and Textbooks
- 4015.1 - Parental Rights to Relative Curriculum, Assessments and Excusal From Instruction...
- 4016 - Field Trips
- 4017 - Printing & Duplicating Copyrighted Material
- 4018 - Student travel-study Programs
- 4019 - Homebound Instruction
- 4020 - In-Home Instruction
- 4021 - Summer School & Tutoring for Credit
- 4022 - Pilot Programs
- 4023 - Poster & Essay Contests
- 4025 - Elementary Gifted & Middle School Advanced Grouping
- 4026 - Distinguished Scholars Program
- 4027 - Integration of Special Education Students
- 4028 - Collection Development Policy for School Libraries
- 4031 - Internet Access/Usage - AUP
- 4032 - Web Policy
- 4033 - Academic Honesty
- 4034 - Videos and Films
- Policies Related to Specific Subjects
- 4040 - Adaptive Physical Education
- 4041 - Private Music Instructors
- 4042 - Rental of Musical Instruments
- 4043 - Student Use of Mini Calculators
- 4044 - Student Writing (Composition) Program
- 4046 - Driver Education
- 4047 - Intramural Program
- 4049 - Title 1 Guidelines
- 4050 - English as a Second Language / English to Speakers of Other Languages
- General Policies Related to Instruction
- 5000 - Students
- 1 - Discipline
- 2 - General Student Policies
- 5016 - Dress and Grooming
- 5030 - Student Progress Reports
- 5031 - Student Orientation Programs
- 5032 - Student Use of School Facilities
- 5033 - Student Fund Raising
- 5033.1 - Additional Fundraising Guidelines
- 5035 - Academic Requirements for Involvement in Extra-Curricular Activities
- 5036 - Collection of Money from Students
- 5037 - Athletic Contests & Practices
- 5038 - Periodic Review of Students Placed in STSD STEPS Program (Alternative Education)
- 3 - Pupil Personnel Policies
- 4 - Pupil Enrollment & Attendance Policies
- 5130 - Attendance
- 5131 - Entrance Age to School
- 5133 - Admission of Students Whose Parents or Court Appointed Guardians are Non-Residents of the Sch
- 5133.1 - Tuition Student and Waiver of Tuition
- 5133.2 - Registration of #1305 (Foster) Children
- 5133.3 - Foreign Exchange Students and Waiver of Tuition
- 5 - Student Health Policies
- 5150 - Injury or Illness to Students or Staff
- 5151 - Medication for Students
- 5152 - Student Pregnancy
- 5153 - Child Abuse / Neglect
- 5153(b) - Reporting of Student Abuse by a School Emlployee
- 5154 - Confidential Student Health List
- 5155 - Crisis Management of a Personal, School-Related Tragedy
- 5156 - Prohibition of Steroid Use
- 5157 - Student Assistance Program
- 5158 - HIV Infection - Students
- 5159 - Peanut or Other Food Allergy
- 6 - Student Policies Specific to Grade Level
- 6000 - Personnel
- 1 - All Personnel
- 6010 - Application Procedures and Employment Requirements of All Personnel
- 6011 - Medical Examinations for School Employees
- 6012 - Employee Conflict of Interest
- 6013 - Work Schedule for 12 Month Employees as a Result of Inclement Weather
- 6014 - Complimentary Passes to School Events
- 6015 - Tax Sheltered Annuity
- 6016 - Health and Medical Insurance Coverage
- 6017 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 6018 - Mileage Chart
- 6019 - Requests for Leave Without Pay
- 6019.1 - Family and Medical Leave
- 6020 - Employment Conditions
- 6020.1 - Staff Dress Code Guidelines
- 6021 - Procedure for Employee Leave Requests and Employee Leave Utilization
- 6022 - Smoking Regulations Policy
- 6023 - Prohibition of Discriminatory Conduct
- 6024 - Drug-Free Workplace
- 6024.1 - Alcohol and Controlled Substances for Covered Drivers
- 6025 - Tuberculosis Testing Policy
- 6026 - Non-Discrimination on Basis of Handicap / Disability
- 6027 - Compliant Procedure for Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
- 6028 - Post-Season Compensation for Coaches
- 6029 - Use of Wireless Devices by Employees
- 2 - Professional Personnel
- 3 - Employment of Classified Personnel
- 1 - All Personnel
- 7000 - Community Relations
- 7110 - Public Information Program
- 7111 - Public Records
- 7112 - Public Complaints
- 7113 - Visitors in School Buildings
- 7114 - Community Use of School Facilities
- 7115 - Enforcement of No Trespassing
- 7116 - Use of School Premises for Political Campaigning
- 7117 - Control of Free Materials Distribution and Solicitations in Schools
- 7119 - Police Investigation
- 7120 - Concession Stand Committee
- 7121 - Booster Clubs
- 30 day posting
Printable Version
#4043
SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109
POLICY
STUDENT USE OF CALCULATORS
Student use of calculators in district classrooms will be permitted at all grade levels I conjunction with the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. At each grade level, students will be permitted to use calculators for classroom computations, homework assignments and examinations when deemed appropriate by the classroom teacher operating within the framework of the written curriculum.
Regardless of the course, each teacher is free to establish procedures for calculator use and is responsible for relating the procedures to all students being instructed. Teachers should base their classroom procedures on sound educational philosophy as related to the course content and the proficiency level of the students.
It is important that each teacher acts in a fair manner, keeping in mind that all students should have access to materials needed in a given course of instruction. Permission to use calculators should not favor or penalize a student’s opportunity to perform because of a limited availability of calculators.
This procedural statement does not imply that calculators are the only means for students to perform calculations. Pencil and paper skills, estimation and mental mathematics are extremely important to the student’s mathematical development and must be used along with calculators to provide students with the opportunity to succeed in mathematics.
Approved by the School Board – December 3, 1975
Amended by the School Board – June 8, 1987
Amended by the School Board – May 20, 1991
